Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
Use only the Hanover Crackers.
VICTORY.

Sept. 20.-Rev. Mr., Taplin of Lunen-
burgh breaches at South Victory next
Sunday afternoon.
They are doing a good logging bust
ness at Weed, Wyman s. Co.
Mrs. Nesmith and son of Lancaster,
NH, are visiting at Blood & Walkers.
Mr.. G. Danonsand daughter started
for Coaticook, Que, Wednesday morn
ing to visit friends and relatives.
The Railroad Commissioners have
made the following report in the case
of Fred p. Morey, who was killed last
July by being thrown from the top of
u freight car on the Victory Branch:
The circunlstan of the accident are as
follows:-It is customary in the operation of
this branch road to back the freight trains
from its junction with the main line at North
Concord, over its entire length, to Yictory-a
little over eleven miles.
In this case the locomo tive was pushing
thirteen empty freight cars aud hauling four,
and Il combination car. The grade from the
junction to Moose river, some two miles, is
generally down, though not sharp, and
thence to Victory is gradually up.
1t is mostly Il surface road without cuts or
hlls but little ballast anywhere and none
generally; iron rails, 5j lbs to the yard, dis.
carded elsewhere before laid here the track
system, bridges and culvGrts being in bad
condition.
The branch extends into lumber region
and is used mainly for numbering purposes
although passengers are carried in combin.
alton car attached to the freight tram going
up in the morning, and back to the main line
and on the same TO ST. Johnsbury at night.
There are ten spur tracks and {" Y" on the
line leading to lumber mills and to log and
lumber loading stations. Some of these spun
roads form blunt angles with the main lint
and are without return connections to 1t.
AS the train described was going to Victory
that MOI ming, Morey was at his brake on The
forward end OF the forward car AT nearly d
mile from the North Concord junction, where
tie grade is descending, he set IN the brake
on his car and at the same time gavean alarm
motion to the rear brakeman, near the els
gme, by whom he was seen to fall from the
car, was run over and instantly killed.
The cause of the accident was the deral
mcnt of the car which he was ON, a Lake Erie
Western car, 10. l3S Three others mex
following were also thrown Off the track
Two of the commissioners being on in
spection duty in the vicinity, made persona
examination of the car and premises, on Tho
morning of the accident, and the board tool
, full testimony of all who saw it the same day
No structural defect WIS found in the car OF
trucks to which the derailmGnt could be re-
fGrred. No one particular cause can be speci
fed by the board as alone producing it. The
board has hitherto delayed this report for the
purpose of consulting dislnterested and prac
uical railroad men, having all the facts &c
present to them. Having done so, its con
clusion is that this deraiment was the result
road as this is, and that If this train of seven
teen cars had been drawn in the usual way
this accident would not have happened.
| The board notes there are Inconvenience
attending the distribution of these lumber
cars along the spurs and up TO the various
mills ana lumber stations by the usual method
| of running trains, butin view of the increased
| peril to the service, underthe present method
OF backing trains over road in this con
dition, it recommends that the usual meth cd
of hauling these trains be adopted, instead o
backing them.